I knew I was going to be a lawyer from the time I was in junior high school. I was drawn to the law because I wanted to help people when they needed it most.

Raised in Campbell, Missouri, I was the first in my family to go to college, graduating from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration in 1993.

I continued on at Mizzou for law school and graduated in 1997, at which time I moved to Poplar Bluff to begin my legal career. I joined the Bloodworth Law Office in February of 1999 and worked there until I closed the firm in January of 2015 and reopened the doors under DALE LAW OFFICE, LLC.